All Forum Posts by: Joel Lazar
Joel Lazar has started 29 posts and replied 116 times.
Post: Who's Buying 2025 Off-Market Deals in Central Florida?

- Investor
- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
I have an Airbnb in Ormond Beach that I would consider selling.
Post: Need Direct Booking website help

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
I am using a Hospitable as my PM software and they offer a direct booking site as part of their service but I have not got a single direct booking since I set it up. I need a expert in setting up websites and integrating with Hospitable and airbnb. I have a new url to use that I bought on godaddy.com. Thank you.
Post: Stessa - Awful customer service.

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
Quote from @Michael Smythe:
@Marc S. hope you've learned from this that you get what you pay for!
You're complaining about bad customer service from a FREE provider. Really?
Hope you stop and think about that for a moment:)
If you want better service find a service you that charges.
@Thomas Talbert, @Spencer Abeyta - appears you don't understand that Stessa is NOT a PMC!
They are only a software provider for DIY rental property owners. See below link:
Stessa New Customer FAQ | Stessa Help Center
@Michael Smythe its not free. I pay for the upgraded service.
Post: Stessa - Awful customer service.

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
Quote from @Devin Redmond:
Just want to jump in here to reiterate what @Michael Smythe posted previously. I've been with Stessa/Roofstock since 2018 in a number of different roles. The Stessa platform is not a full-service PM solution, it's a suite of online tools to track income and expenses, generate financial reports, screen tenants, collect rent, track capital spend, etc. Our customers are a mix of 1) DIY owner/operators and, 2) investors who use one or many full-service PMs to handle day-to-day operations in their local markets.
@Joel Lazar We do keep an eye on the BP forums and I agree we could have provided more context and/or clearer next steps to resolving your issue via our 1:1 convos. The TL;DR here is that there are 10,000+ unique banks and mortgage lenders in the US. Their financial reporting standards, uptime, and reliability vary greatly and we have invested significantly in systems and rules that aim to ease the manual burden that has traditionally been associated with categorizing and tracking this data at scale. It's not 100% bulletproof (as you've discovered) but we do have a workaround for your specific situation, whng=ich we'll reach out and communicate to you via our normal 1:1 support channels.
@Devin Redmond, I believe it was you who was servicing me a couple of years ago when the service was good. I have posted on the forums and never got a response. I am still using Stessa and would hate to switch. But service is imperative.
Post: Stessa - Awful customer service.

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
STESSA HAS GONE DOWNHILL IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS
I've used them for about 3 years and was very happy. Service was same day. Now it takes weeks for them to respond and when they do its not a very warm engagement. They had a upgrade that synched your mortgage lenders with your ledger. OBVIOUSLY you pay the lender. However this new feature shows my payments as income to me. I checked the lender web site and they show my payments correctly. Here is STESSA's response after waiting 2 weeks for it:
Courtney • 16h ago Unfortunately, this isn't a bug. Our system only knows how to pull the data that is received from the Connected Accounts. This is how the mortgage records a payment towards the loan. We pull the raw data from the mortgage.
Courtney
Senior Customer Success Associate
Stessa | Roofstock
Post: Booking.com. insane not to use.

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
Quote from @Jackie Diaz:
@Joel Lazar, I've been on booking.com for 3 months now and have had no bookings. I am also very dissatisfied with the UI of the platform and overall performance. What platforms are you using and seeing most success on?
I just use Airbnb. Steady at 90% and above occupancy and great service.
Post: Stessa - Awful customer service.

- Investor
- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
I have been using Stessa for 3 years and the service was great in the beginning but became progressively worse in the last year. Now they added a new feature that is entering my mortgage payments as income. Contacted them on Feb 11th. 4 days later still no response.
They don't even respond to post on BP. Its a bad sign. Does anyone know if Stessa is going out of business?
Post: Tracking App for Material Hours

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
This is the only app I can find customized for tracking your hours and that of your cleaners, handymen etc... Anyone have any experience with it?
Post: Real Estate Professional Status/Time Tracking

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
Quote from @Mayer M.:
@Adrienne Patel
I'm just about to sign up for Repstracker. How is working for you?
There’s a newish app available for this. I’ve been using it religiously and love it. REPSTracker on the App Store
Post: How to track time in business to accommodate 500+ hours?

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- Kissimmee, FL
- Posts 120
- Votes 35
Has anyone used repstracker to track material hours?